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8 hours ago, Lois R said:

Good morning, I am booked on the same cruise! Hopefully we will be able to sail😃

And I agree, it really depends on where you are sailing/flying.  I am also

taking the credit (in this case)....from where I live to South Florida is about

a 1 hour flight or 5 hour drive. But when I sail overseas, I always take the

upgrade and go Business Class with SS😃

That makes the decision to take the credit much easier 🙂

And wonderful that we are sharing the cruise!  Are you doing the full 15 days or disembarking in Bridgetown?
I’m certain we will come across one another aboard 🙂

This is our first cruise without kids (previous 5 were Disney.) So we are looking forward to a grownup, quieter time, though our teens have shown a curious lack of enthusiasm regarding their parent’s getaway - lol.

On 3/27/2021 at 10:24 AM, crusinbanjo said:

I always look at the air closely.  sometimes SS air is a great deal for Biz Class, other times, it is better to book our own air.   On our last SS cruise, we booked our own air, Boston to FLL, it was easy and inexpensive.  The time before that we took advantage of the SS air, Boston to Hong Kong, nonstop then Singapore to Boston via Tokyo Biz class.  I had to do some extra talking with SS to get the routes I wanted, (always considering total travel times you know), but they made it happen for us at a very good price compared to what I could book for the same or similar schedule.

Makes perfect sense Banjo 🙂 And were this international the difference might have been considerably smaller for us.  But since we were going to have to arrange our own flight to LAX (gateway), AND SS wanted $1700 per for a bump to BC, our FC tix from our city for a total extra $400 was a no-brainer.

We are booked on the Whisper out of FLL on 12/02. The included airfare was economy and only from gateway cities with no option to purchase a flight TO a gateway for a supplement.  My wife balked. So we took the air credit of $500 per person, added $400, and were able to book two RT, first class, tickets from our city to FLL.  

Sometimes it’s better to take a pass on the included airfare.